Combing-machine for wool and other similar fibers.



J. COOPER, J- F- WHITE & L. COOPER. COMBING MACHINE FOR WOOL AND OTHER SIMILAR FIBERS.

APPLICATION FILED APB-17.1906.

Patented Feb. 2, '1909.

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OOMBING MACHINE FOR WOOL AND OTHER SIMILAR FIBERS.

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JOSEPH COOPER, JOHN FRANCIS WHITE, AND LOUIS COOPER, OF BRADFORD, ENGLAND; SAID WHITE ASSIGNOR TO SAID JOSEPH COOPER AND SAID LOUIS COOPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed April 17, 1906. SeriaLNo. 312,240.

JOHN FnANoIs WHITE, and LOUIS COOPER,

British subjects, and residents all of Bradford, county of ,York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combing-Machines for V17 001 and other Similar Fibers, of which the followingis a specification. 1

This invention relates to improvements in Nobles combing machines for combing wool These combs have pillars from which vertical shafts are driven y bevel earing inclosed in boXes-atthe tops of the pil are. The construction of these pillars with gearing boxes at their upper ends and horizontal driving" shaft carried between them is an objectionable feature and renders the removal of the smaller or inner comb circle difiicult as the gearing has first to be removed and it further restricts the machine to the use of two inner circles whereas by our improvements we find that threehor 'more inner or smaller comb circles can be employed thereby greatly increasing thebutput or productive capacity of the machine. The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which sufficient of a Nobles combing machine is shown to illustrate the invention.

Figure 1. is a half sectional elevation ofthe machine on line rr Fig. 3. showing one comb.-

ing head. Fig. 2. is a half sectional eleva' tion of the machine on line yy Fig. 3. showing the carriage drive gearing. Fig. 3. is a partial plan of the apparatus. Fig. 4. is a plan of the gear plate M from below showing the driving chains and gear wheels.

The outer carriage A the outer comb circle B, the upright or frame 0 for supporting the same, the outer drawing off rollers D the 1 sliver boX E and the inner drawing off rollers F are all constructed in the ordinaryway, and no further description of them will be necessary. Inside the outer carriage A and outer comb circle we mount three inner earriages G and inner comb circles g each working separately in conjunction with the outer comb circle B. The inner carriages G are mounted upon a three armed bracket G. one on each arm, the bracket G being bolted to or mounted upon the uprights or frame O.

Upon each arm of the bracket G we also mount a hollow pillar H. Each pillar H is constructed without any gear box or gearing at the top and is therefore much shorter than formerly with the central driving shaft K which passes through it driven from below by a sprocket or gear wheel 7r. By this construction we are enabled to em loy three or more inner circle carriages Or an inner combs .g and also to remove and replace any one of the inner circle carriages or combs without displacing or removing any of the driving ear.

The ball race (1, upon which the outer car riage A rotates is supported upon a number of brackets A each adjusted by a small screw a and bolted to the frame or upright C by a bolt 0.

The ordinary driving gear on the top of the pillars being dispensed with the several parts of the machine are driven by chain or other gearing beneaththe gear plate M by which a regular and steady drive is imparted to the machine. The driving is effected by a driving belt onto a pulley 1 on either of the studs 3, 4 or 5 and the motion is transmitted therefrom to the three sections or heads of the ma chine from-the sprocket wheel 6 by a chain 7. The chain 7 passes from the sproc et wheel 6 on the stud 3 around the sprocket wheels'S and 9 onthe studs 4 and 5. To each of the sprocket wheels 6, 8 and 9 on the studs 3, 4 and 5 a second sprocket wheel 11, 12 and 13 is affixed by which the parts of each head or section are driven by the chains 14, 15 and 16 (see Fig. 4.)

Instead of the sprocket wheels 6, 8 and 9 and chain 7 thereon the several parts may be geared together by. shafts and gear wheels beneath the gear plate M.

The gear plate M is made of such a shape and size as to carry the driving gear and shafts necessary to operate three heads or sections with three inner carriages G and in ner-comb circles g. If desired the plate may be made of a size and shape adapted for four or more heads or sections.

The carriages A and G are driven from the sprocket wheel N on the upright spindle M. The outer carriage A is driven direct from the spindle n by the pinion n thereon gearing with the rack a and the inner carriage G with the inner comb circle 9 is driven from the shaft a through the gearing 'n by the pinion n on the end of the u right spindle n which gears with the rack g o the carriage G.

The central spindle Ii of the pillar H is driven by the sprocket wheel 7c and on the top of the spindle is a pulley 72/2 from which the disks 0 are driven which press the fibers between the pins of the comb circles B and g.

The outer drawing off rollers D are driven by the sprocket wheel d and spindle d and the inner drawing elf rollers are driven by the sprocket wheel f and spindle 7.

By this construction of machine and arrangement of driving there is considerably less vibration in the operative parts of the machine and in consequence we are enabled to set the comb circles nearer to each other and the drawing off rollers nearer to the comb circles thereby obtaining a greater quantity and better quality of production. Further a great desideratum is obtained in that several inner circle combs are driven in sections one section by the chain i l, another section by the chain 15, and the third section by the chain 16, and where four combs were employed the fourth would be driven in a similar manner by a fourth chain. Should one comb be damaged or become inoperative it is not necessary to stop the whole machine but by removing one of the chains one sec tion of the machine can be stepped and the inner comb circle removed, while the others continue to work equally efiicientl y.

What we claim as our invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In a Noble combing machine the combination with a single outer comb carriage an outer comb circle and a plurality of inner working sections of a single bracket with a plurality of arms upon which the several working sections are mounted, and means comprising chain gearing by which the several sections are separately and independently driven and means whereby a section or sections can be driven while a section or sections remain at rest substantially as described and shown. v

2. In a Noble combing machine the combination with the outer carriage A outer comb B and a plurality of working sections each section comprising an inner carriage and inner comb circle, short pillar, constructed without top gearing, over which the circle can be easily removed drawing off rollers, center driving shaft, driving spindles attaehed to the said rotating parts and chain sprocket wheels on each driving spindle, of

, a number of chain sprocket wheels ll, 12, fl

one for each section and a separate driving chain for each section, by which the several parts oi each section are driven indcpend ently of any other section, driving sprocket wheels, 6, S 9 connected to the wheels 1], 12, 13 and a main driving chain thereon by which the several sections are driven substantially as described.

3. A Noble combing machine, comprising in its construction the combination with a single outer comb circle, an armed bracket and a plurality of sets of working parts mounted on the said bracket each set comprising an inner carriage G inner comb circle 9 and drawing oil rollers, oi a chain sprocket driving wneel,6, 8, 9--for each set a main driving chain 7 engaging said wheels sprocket wheels 11, 1.2 and lb, driven thereby and chains 14, 15, 16 thereon by which each section of the machine is separately and independently driven, substantially as described.

4. In a Noble combing machine the combination with the outer carriage A the outer comb circle B and the supporting frame (3 the outer drawing ol'l' rollers I) the feed liolders E and the inner drawing oli' rollers l of a plurality of inner carrin es G, inner comb circles g, each working with the outer comb B, a three armed bracket G upon which the inner carriages are mounted, short pillars, ll without top gearing mounted on the said bracket, a base plate, M. through which driving spindles pass, the spindle 'IL with chain sprocket wheel N thereon the roller spindle D with chain sprocket wheel cl thereon the spindle Ii with chain sprocket wheel it thereon, the roller spindle f with chain sprocket wheel f thereon, the double driving chain sprocket wheels 13 and 9 the chain In by which the parts are separately and independently driven, and the chain 7 by which the several sections of the machine are driven sul'istantially as described.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH COOPER. JOHN FRANCIS Wlll'llt. LOUIS COOPER.

Vi itnesses:

ARTHUR WILLIAM Vina, J OHN VIRR, Jr.

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